Octoberfest

We had Octoberfest in our café and we served sauerbraten, potato pancakes, Bavarian cabbage and apple strudel. We made everything fresh in house. We also had music and root beer in bottles. On a normal day, we have around 150 people come to the café, and for Octoberfest we had more than 300 people. A lot of people said they didn’t know the hospital was open to the public.

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